Texas Women's Clinics Close In Wake Of Abortion Law

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September 23, 2013

Cadence King stands in front of the now-closed Bryan Clinic. (Ben Philpott/KUT)

A handful of abortion clinics in Texas have closed in the weeks after the state legislature passed a controversial bill that restricts abortions.

Planned Parenthood says the closures will hurt women who came to the clinics for general health care services. But anti-abortion groups say there are other doctors for those women to go to.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Ben Philpott of KUT takes us to one community with a recently closed clinic to find out what's changed.

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Ben Philpott, host of "Agenda Texas" for KUT-FM in Austin. He tweets @BenPhilpottKUT.

This segment aired on September 23, 2013.

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